SAVED BY THE BELL: THE COLLEGE YEARS

'''Saved by the Bell: The College Years''' was a sequel to the ''Saved by the Bell'' series which ran from September 14, 1993 (though the original pilot aired on May 22, 1993) to February 8, 1994, lasting one season, likely due to low ratings. It was the third incarnation of the franchise. ''The College Years'' was shown in prime time, unlike the original series, which was shown on Saturday mornings.

Contents

About the show

Episode list

Cast

DVD Releases

External links

About the show

''Saved by the Bell: The College Years'' showed the cast dealing with college life at the fictional California University. The show's premise was very similar to the original Saved by the Bell series with the six characters getting into different situations each week while remaining under the guidance of their resident director and later the Dean of Students.
Originally, the six main characters on ''The College Years'' were Zack Morris, A.C. Slater, Screech Powers, Leslie Burke (Anne Tremko), Alex Tabor (Kiersten Warren), and Danielle Marks (Essence Atkins). After the pilot, Tiffani Thiessen decided to return to play Kelly Kapowski. Atkins' character was written out of the plotline as having transferred to another college.
Zack's original love interest was Leslie at the beginning of the series but after Kelly transferred to Cal U, Zack later developed feelings for both girls. Eventually, Kelly became Zack's sole love interest. However, his plans to win Kelly back were put to a halt somewhat when Kelly had an affair with her professor Jeremiah Lasky (Patrick Fabian).
Professor Lasky didn't want his relationship with Kelly out in the open, however Zack caught the two making out in Kelly's dorm room. Later, Zack made it known to the whole class that Lasky and Kelly were dating (though Kelly dropped out of Lasky's anthropology class to prevent risking Lasky's job). Kelly later on dumped Professor Lasky and realized that Zack was the one for her. And almost as fast as the two got back together, Zack and Kelly got engaged.
Zack, Kelly, Slater, Screech, Leslie, and Alex's dorm advisor was Mike Rogers (Bob Golic), a former San Francisco 49ers player who came to college and although he looked and acted tough, he did have a softer side as seen in some episodes. In one episode, he took a liking to a laboratory mouse named X97 and also revealed some of his problems with women including the fact that he never had a date in high school.
During the latter part of the series, Dean Susan McMann (Holland Taylor) joined the series and developed a disliking to Zack, knowing he is the scheming type.

Episode list

#	Airdate	Prod. Code	Title
'Pilot'	May 22, 1993		''Pilot''
'1'	September 14, 1993	60501	''Guess Who's Coming to College?''
'2'	September 14, 1993	60502	''Zack, Lies & Videotape''
'3'	September 21, 1993	60503	''Rush Week''
'4'	September 28, 1993	60504	''Slater's War''
'5'	October 5, 1993	60505	''The Homecoming''
'6'	October 12, 1993	60506	''The Poker Game''
'7'	October 19, 1993	60507	''Prof. Zack''
'8'	October 26, 1993	60508	''Screech Love''
'9'	November 2, 1993	60509	''Dr. Kelly''
'10'	November 23, 1993	60510	''A Thanksgiving Story''
'11'	December 7, 1993	60512	''Teacher's Pet''
'12'	December 14, 1993	60513	''Kelly and the Professor''
'13'	December 21, 1993	60511	''A Question of Ethics''
'14'	January 4, 1994	60514	''The Rave''
'15'	January 11, 1994	60515	''Bedside Manner''
'16'	January 22, 1994	60516	''Love and Death''
'17'	February 8, 1994	60517	''Marry Me''
'18'	February 8, 1994	60518	''Wedding Plans''

Cast

★ 'Mark-Paul Gosselaar' as Zack Morris

★ 'Mario López' as A.C. Slater

★ 'Dustin Diamond' as Samuel "Screech" Powers

★ 'Tiffani-Amber Thiessen' as Kelly Kapowski

★ 'Anne Tremko' as Leslie Burke

★ 'Kiersten Warren' as Alex Tabor

★ 'Bob Golic' as Mike Rogers

★ 'Patrick Fabian' as Professor Jeremiah Lasky

★ 'Holland Taylor' as Dean Susan McMann
;Additional cast

★ 'Jake Grace' as Stingray

★ 'Diana Tanaka' as Dr. Wong

★ 'Mindy Sterling' as Clara Meade

★ 'Essence Atkins' as Danielle Marks (pilot only)

DVD Releases

''Saved by the Bell: The College Years'' was released on DVD by Image Entertainment. The 3-Disc set was released on August 17, 2004. ''Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style'' and ''Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas'' are currently available in Britain, but have yet to be released in the United States (as of January 2007). The hourlong series finale, originally aired with various interstitials by the cast, is presented in its syndicated two-part episodes, with the interstitials small pieces of dialogue cut out. The end credits of the final episode originally ran over behind the scenes footage introducing the cast to the audience, but it has been replaced with a scene cut from syndication (Professor Lasky spit-take when Slater reveals Zack and Kelly are getting married).

External links

★ The History of The College Years

★ Saved by the Bell: The College Years: The Home Page & Episode Guide

★ Why was The College Years cancelled?